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Distros and DEs using Openbox🔗

Any distro can have Openbox added. The following are released with Openbox.

Desktop environments🔗

LXDE-based distributions🔗

Distributions that ship with Openbox🔗

  • Arch linux - highly popular, with great community support and wiki regarding Openbox
  • PCLinuxOS - well regarded with special attention paid to Openbox and LXDE.
  • CrunchBang linux - Ubuntu based. Popular following, EEE PC version ("CrunchEEE"). Irregular releases. See also https://crunchbang.org/wiki/adding_crunchbang_features_in_another_distro
  • Slitaz
  • TinyMe linux
  • CRUX
  • Boxpup, Puppy Linux with Openbox (not actively developed?)
  • SimpleLinux mini (sub 90 MB version) - may also be included as alternative WM in the next EXT version (which has XFCE as default). SimpleLinux is a Malaysion distro, derived from Slackware & Slax.
  • Ubuntu - generally has an out of date version, and with no Ubuntu-specific maintainer to ensure things work "out of the box".
  • Slackware - Openbox exists as a "Slackbuild"1 (SlackBuilds.org is a community supported project... A SlackBuild build script contains the build instructions and a source download link for building a particular package for your system.)

Wikipedia🔗